Ariana Brocious

News Headlines:

• Child Fatality At Powderhorn Resort
• Search Continues For Missing Child At Vallecito
• Armed Robbery In Delta
• New State Lawmakers Learning The Layout
• Ignacio Guide Takes Plea Deal In Major Poaching Case
• Montrose Sheriff Gets Hummer
• Powderhorn Road To Be Improved
• Seasonal Road Closures

Once again, the North Fork Valley is back on the table for oil and gas development. Despite months of widespread opposition from the community, on Friday, the Bureau of Land Management announced that it plans to offer about 21,000 acres for sale near Paonia, Hotchkiss and Crawford in February. KVNF’s Ariana Brocious reports on the new proposal.

Autumn is a wonderful time to observe our Western Slope Skies.   While the temperatures are not bitter cold, the nights are getting longer.

Headlines:

• Oxbow and Aspen SkiCo team up to create green energy
• Anti-civil unions state legislators voted out
• Telluride’s medical marijuana dispensaries prepare for Amendment 64
• Colorado National Monument starts public input process
• Small business may qualify for state tax credit
  

The North Fork Valley is now home to a new form of "green" electricity. On Friday, Oxbow’s Elk Creek mine officially launched a 3 megawatt project generating electricity from methane gas. KVNF’s Ariana Brocious reports that the project is the culmination of years of work from an unlikely alliance: involving the mine, a gas company, electric co-ops and the uber environmentally-conscious Aspen Skiing Company.

Headlines:

• CO Dems Select 1st Openly Gay Man as Speaker of State House
• USFS Upholds West Elk Mine Expansion
• Montrose City Attorney Retires
• Cañon City Residents Concerned about Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill
• CPW Cites Med Pilot For Harrassing Elk
• Ouray Ice Park Adds Climbing Tower
• Rim Rock Drive Closed Saturday for Marathon
• State Offices Closed Monday

Colorado once again backed Barack Obama in this year’s election, part of his swing state sweep in his successful bid for re-election. Statewide, Coloradans also approved all three ballot measures, including a controversial one legalizing recreational marijuana. But voters on the Western Slope don’t all agree. Ariana Brocious took a closer look at some of the election results in the KVNF listening area, and reports that opinions vary.

The case between Delta county and opponents of two laying hen operations in the county is finally settled, for now. KVNF’s Ariana Brocious has more.

On the Western Slope, Republican incumbent Scott Tipton kept his seat with 54 percent of the vote, with Democrat Sal Pace coming up close with 41% of the vote.

Here are the results for the Colorado state house races in our area:

In District 61, Democratic incumbent Millie Hamner kept her seat in a very tight race, getting just 50% of the vote over Republican Debra Irvine, Independent Kathleen Curry, and Libertarian Ellen Temby and American Constitutionalist Robert Petrowsky.

Improved access to broadband internet is starting to become a reality for Colorado, even the rural Western Slope. The EAGLE‑Net Alliance was given a grant in September 2010 to build the EAGLE‑Net a broadband network around the state. KVNF’s Ariana Brocious spoke to EAGLE-Net Alliance Regional Representative Patrick Swonger about the project and it’s regional impacts.